Prenatal & Postpartum Lymphatic Drainage

It is best to get your prenatal massage after your first trimester when you get permission from your practitioner. A gentle massage will reduce stress hormones in your body and help you relax more by loosening your muscles. This can increase blood flow to keep your lymphatic system working to flush toxins from your body. During pregnancy, having regular prenatal massages can help with joint pain, insomnia, sciatica, leg cramping, and neck and back pain. Proper lymphatic massage for the expectant mother is also known to help with depression relief, sinus congestion, headaches, and swelling.

Why Lymphatic Drainage Massage for Pregnancy?

We recommend getting a gentle lymphatic drainage massage to encourage better health for you and your baby. A growing fetus always thrives better in a healthy environment. Your lymphatic system is largely responsible for creating this clean environment. It does this by boosting the body’s immunity and reducing inflammation while getting rid of harmful toxic buildup within. The lymphatic system is a complex network of organs and tissue that rids the body of toxins. The lymphatic drainage massage is an excellent way of clearing the body of accumulated contaminants. Thus, providing your baby with a healthy living space in the body.

Postpartum Massage

If your face is puffed up and your legs, feet, ankles, hands and arms are swollen and you have already given birth, a postpartum massage would do wonders for you. You may have thought that after your pregnancy, your swelling would go down, but all that extra fluid does not disappear overnight. Postpartum swelling can be caused by a buildup of the excess fluid that is caused by blockage in the tissues under the skin. It can also increase from the extra fluids received via IV during labor and delivery. Our lymphatic drainage massage can effectively push the fluids out from under the tissues into the bloodstream to drain properly. Once drained, the body goes into a state of healing thus allowing the swelling to go down.

If you notice you have excessive swelling in your ankles, feet, legs, arms and face, and your skin has some shine, you may have postpartum swelling. Postpartum swelling could be caused by the following reasons:

• Pushing during labor
• IV fluids during an epidural or C-section
• An increase of the hormone progesterone leading to edema
• Being sedentary
• Leftover pregnancy fluids that build up during the nine months

Postpartum swelling cannot be fully avoided but some preventative methods are: drinking water to flush toxins, and light exercise.

How Manual Lymphatic Drainage Helps Pre-Natal and Post Natal Mothers

Manual Lymphatic Drainage is a gentle massage which encourages the flow and release of lymphatic fluid. It is the ideal type of therapeutic massage which assists the body’s natural detoxification process. This type of massage is perfect for the pregnant or postnatal mother who could use some relaxation. MLDs, can either be applied in one local area, or to the entire body. The legs, face, back or whole body can be treated, and it can assist with these types of conditions:

During pregnancy:

• Fatigue
• Edema (swollen legs, arms, and face)
• To increase energy levels
• For stress relief
• Carpel Tunnel caused by pregnancy
• The retention of fluid in the blood may cause temporary conditions such as swollen legs and in rare cases, carpel tunnel during your pregnancy. By using gentle massage strokes, we can move the lymphatic fluid to properly drain toxins, thus reducing inflammation.
• Reduction of cellulite

Post Natal:

• To help speed up recovery after a c-section
• To regulate breast milk flow to prevent Mastitis
• To help with better lymphatic flow releasing fluid retention and swelling

The Lymphatic drainage massage is scientifically proven to be very effective, and we see the results in our clients. Get your massage today!

Manual Lymphatic Drainage massage for pregnancy can be gotten once you get approval from your Doctor. It is so gentle, and the effects are noticeable in one treatment. While pregnant, we recommend a twice a week to once a month treatment depending on your conditions. We are trained MLD professionals, and we will help you reduce your swelling while feeling nice and relaxed.

Call us to schedule your appointment: (949) 903–0535.